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I heard an aircraft landing on the museum runway, and looked out the shop door to see this. My pics didn't turn out great because it was so far away. These are from the museums site.
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Yep...made its last flight...darn! :(

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Found it anyway. Very interesting test bed. Any good info on it?

It is BEGGING for a new paint scheme though! Twisted Evil
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Holedigger wrote:
Found it anyway. Very interesting test bed. Any good info on it?

It is BEGGING for a new paint scheme though! Twisted Evil
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Dang you photoshopped that fast! :shock:

Why does this plane make me think of "Alien"? :lol:

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First time I have ever heard about this plane. Is it owned by the Air Force?

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Looks like one of their emblems on the nose. it now belongs to the NMUSAF.

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A paint scheme lake that would be a real head turner though! :wink:
Wouldn't be an authentic scheme though! But since when has that stopped them!?

Link to more info of this in-flight flight trainer
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Just googled this: http://www.calspan.com/variable.htm

Edit: Ah someone is faster at google than me. :lol:

Looks like they're flying it to a museum for display: http://buffalo.bizjournals.com/buffalo/ ... ily46.html

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I was wondering where the plane would end up. It's been around here in Buffalo for as long as I can remember and has been operated by Calspan for the entire time. Never got any pictures of it flying but I was able to get a nice close up look at it last year at the Niagara Falls Airshow. I'm glad it's going to a good home as the article I read in this past week's Buffalo News didn't mention anything about it's resting place.
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guess it goes to show that the Europeans don't have the market cornered when it comes to ugly aircraft
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Matt Gunsch wrote:
guess it goes to show that the Europeans don't have the market cornered when it comes to ugly aircraft

That depends- This is modified to be ugly. Some others were ugly off the drawing boards.
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I believe they used it to develop George Jetson's car. 8)

To quote Ah-nold in 'Predator'; "You're one ugly mother..."

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We had a nice piece in our local paper this past weekend. Can't wait to get a chance to see it.

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Someone scrap that thing before it infects the other planes... :shock:

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